FRRouting FRR up to 9.0 BGP Update denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in FRRouting FRR up to 9.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component BGP Update Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-38802. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in FRRouting FRR up to 9.0. This affects some unknown functionality of the component BGP Update Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

FRRouting FRR 7.5.1 through 9.0 and Pica8 PICOS 4.3.3.2 allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted BGP update with a corrupted attribute 23 (Tunnel Encapsulation).

The weakness was published 08/29/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at blog.benjojo.co.uk. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-38802 since 07/25/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212585 (SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : frr (SUSE-SU-2024:4090-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (212585). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 212585
Nessus Name: SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : frr (SUSE-SU-2024:4090-1)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/25/2023 🔍
08/29/2023 +35 days 🔍
08/29/2023 +0 days 🔍
12/12/2024 +471 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: DLA 3573-1
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-38802 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-38802
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-238275

Entryinfo

Created: 08/29/2023 20:10
Updated: 12/12/2024 08:49
Changes: 08/29/2023 20:10 (38), 08/31/2023 10:01 (1), 09/22/2023 13:55 (1), 09/22/2023 14:01 (11), 12/12/2024 08:49 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 Anonymous User (+0)
3 years ago
Good morning,
Could you use the official NVD Nist cpe "frrouting:frrouting" instead of "frrouting:frr"?
We would really appreciate!

Best Regards,
TEAM CERT
 VulDB Community Team3 years ago
Thank you, we have just aligned the CPE.

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